hammer out something
Definition
› to arrive at an agreement or solution after a lot of argument or discussion: Eventually, a deal was hammered out between the government and the opposition to hold new elections.
(Definition of hammer out something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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- hammer out something phrasal verb
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hammer v
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